Thomas
@thomasfuchs.at
👨💼fine time tracking software at nokotime.com
📸 I killed Flash (with script.aculo.us)
🔭 #astrophotography - https://lightfrom.space
🕹️ #retrocomputing
🐈 #cats
Ally. He/him.
📸 I killed Flash (with script.aculo.us)
🔭 #astrophotography - https://lightfrom.space
🕹️ #retrocomputing
🐈 #cats
Ally. He/him.
I’m Master Raisin
Tag yourself, I’m the two bathtubs in the laundry room
Oh shit waddup
December 2, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I’m Master Raisin
People vibe-coding an app for someone else: 😊 This is awesome, it’s the future, so amazing!
The same people when being told an app for them was vibe-coded: 🤬 See you at court!!1!
The same people when being told an app for them was vibe-coded: 🤬 See you at court!!1!
December 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
People vibe-coding an app for someone else: 😊 This is awesome, it’s the future, so amazing!
The same people when being told an app for them was vibe-coded: 🤬 See you at court!!1!
The same people when being told an app for them was vibe-coded: 🤬 See you at court!!1!
Discussing if that UO grading story has any merit automatically makes the transphobes win, because you’re taking a hate crime seriously.
December 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Discussing if that UO grading story has any merit automatically makes the transphobes win, because you’re taking a hate crime seriously.
Photo from a recent trip to Phoenix
December 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Photo from a recent trip to Phoenix
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do i know that this is related to shopify's "use AI or we'll fire you" policy?
no.
do i have suspicions?
yes
bc this has not happened before
no.
do i have suspicions?
yes
bc this has not happened before
Shopify's admin has been down for hours on one of the biggest shopping days of the year. Shopify stores are still running and taking orders, but we can't sign in to enable discounts, see the orders, or fulfill shipments. Fun! shopstatus.shopifyapps.com
Shopify Status - Check Shopify Server Status
shopstatus.shopifyapps.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
do i know that this is related to shopify's "use AI or we'll fire you" policy?
no.
do i have suspicions?
yes
bc this has not happened before
no.
do i have suspicions?
yes
bc this has not happened before
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are you doing a big gallery wall?
bc if not, you probably don't need a ladder! lots of people naturally hang their art too high.
i, too, do not go on ladders.
bc if not, you probably don't need a ladder! lots of people naturally hang their art too high.
i, too, do not go on ladders.
December 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
are you doing a big gallery wall?
bc if not, you probably don't need a ladder! lots of people naturally hang their art too high.
i, too, do not go on ladders.
bc if not, you probably don't need a ladder! lots of people naturally hang their art too high.
i, too, do not go on ladders.
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*sighs in consulting for 25 years*
it never was
it never was
Providing good information to decision-makers and expecting them to make correspondingly good decisions is no longer an effective theory of change in a world where leaders are captured by their own counter-knowledge and produce their own disinformation, even at the threat to all of our lives.
December 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
*sighs in consulting for 25 years*
it never was
it never was
Honestly they should send me a free Steam deck
December 1, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Honestly they should send me a free Steam deck
These things weigh about 3 times as much as you’d think they do
re: vintage furniture hunting
i have been looking FOR MONTHS for something BIG enough to fit in this space, in maple or oak, but not overly heavy, visually. i was about to give up and do ikea tonstad
and then the marketplace goddess smiled on me! HARVEY FUCKIN PROBBER 84” HELL YEAH
i have been looking FOR MONTHS for something BIG enough to fit in this space, in maple or oak, but not overly heavy, visually. i was about to give up and do ikea tonstad
and then the marketplace goddess smiled on me! HARVEY FUCKIN PROBBER 84” HELL YEAH
December 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
These things weigh about 3 times as much as you’d think they do
Fun fact, no one actually knows how brains work, that’s why it’s an active subject of research.
OG “AI” was created as a tool for this research—modeling various brain functionality in hopes to learn something. (These models aren’t facsimiles of biology, they are mathematical abstractions.)
OG “AI” was created as a tool for this research—modeling various brain functionality in hopes to learn something. (These models aren’t facsimiles of biology, they are mathematical abstractions.)
Notice how tech talks about brains, they treat soft, vague, high level concepts as formal definitions. "Optimized for natural selection we have innate drives for power seeking..." They never explain how any of that happens/works! Then, if their program "fits" the definition, they claim they did it!
November 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Fun fact, no one actually knows how brains work, that’s why it’s an active subject of research.
OG “AI” was created as a tool for this research—modeling various brain functionality in hopes to learn something. (These models aren’t facsimiles of biology, they are mathematical abstractions.)
OG “AI” was created as a tool for this research—modeling various brain functionality in hopes to learn something. (These models aren’t facsimiles of biology, they are mathematical abstractions.)
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NOTEPAD.EXE now has AI features??!?
I'm going back to Windows 1.01
I'm going back to Windows 1.01
November 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
NOTEPAD.EXE now has AI features??!?
I'm going back to Windows 1.01
I'm going back to Windows 1.01
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Whenever a guy gets angry with me for being against AI, I treat it as an opportunity to see what drives their motivated reasoning and their emotions. It seems very strange to get so flustered and unable to read a paper over just a disagreement, over a so-called tool, right?
I don't get this. The product is a chatbot. What skill do you think users need to learn to chat over text? It's a non skill to text and read replies after basic literacy, which is for children not adults to learn by just existing at school and life. Why do you choose to shill for companies?
November 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Whenever a guy gets angry with me for being against AI, I treat it as an opportunity to see what drives their motivated reasoning and their emotions. It seems very strange to get so flustered and unable to read a paper over just a disagreement, over a so-called tool, right?
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In related news, a bunch of transphobes have been trying to start an argument with me for the last couple of days and why would I engage in that when I could do pretty much anything else instead?
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
In related news, a bunch of transphobes have been trying to start an argument with me for the last couple of days and why would I engage in that when I could do pretty much anything else instead?
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Wow, *two* emails in one day from two different people unfamiliar with physics claiming they have developed a Theory of Everything that has eluded tens of thousands of trained professional scientists for decades?
<plonk>
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November 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Wow, *two* emails in one day from two different people unfamiliar with physics claiming they have developed a Theory of Everything that has eluded tens of thousands of trained professional scientists for decades?
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I want a setting in iOS to show control characters (like ⏎) in any textbox system-wide
November 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I want a setting in iOS to show control characters (like ⏎) in any textbox system-wide
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these are fuckin delightful new icons (more in the thread!)
last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
November 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
these are fuckin delightful new icons (more in the thread!)
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We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
AI tools are 'deskilling' workers, philosophy professor says
A philosophy professor warns that AI reliance is weakening workers' judgment, creativity, and problem-solving.
www.businessinsider.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
I’ve so many ideas for these companies on how to monetize it:
- Inserting ads into your emails
- Product placements in your Shrimp Jesus creations
- posting unflattering fake photos of you unless you pay a monthly fee
- Inserting ads into your emails
- Product placements in your Shrimp Jesus creations
- posting unflattering fake photos of you unless you pay a monthly fee
This is as good as this stuff will ever be, this is the phase where we're all supposed to be getting hooked in to this disruptive new thing. Once the free money dries up and they have to turn a profit, it will inevitably get worse and worse
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
November 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I’ve so many ideas for these companies on how to monetize it:
- Inserting ads into your emails
- Product placements in your Shrimp Jesus creations
- posting unflattering fake photos of you unless you pay a monthly fee
- Inserting ads into your emails
- Product placements in your Shrimp Jesus creations
- posting unflattering fake photos of you unless you pay a monthly fee
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i mean is that surprising? All the other IDEs have AI now
November 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
i mean is that surprising? All the other IDEs have AI now
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there's a direct A to B for dead kids out of this @by-cjewett.bsky.social so congrats for that. i hope you woke up in the morning and thought "let's kill some kids." at least then you'll have some modicum of success in your life.
November 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
there's a direct A to B for dead kids out of this @by-cjewett.bsky.social so congrats for that. i hope you woke up in the morning and thought "let's kill some kids." at least then you'll have some modicum of success in your life.
Strong floor, no ceiling — I like it!
November 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Strong floor, no ceiling — I like it!
They'll do a prequel first, "Unremarkable Things"
If I may make a dad joke that is also speculation, since Stranger Things keeps getting stranger and stranger, the inevitable sequel series set when all the cast are old may be called Strangest Things
November 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
They'll do a prequel first, "Unremarkable Things"
Enjoying the various snow pictures, but I prefer my desert livin' (forecast is for 77º here today).
However, we do get very occasional snow here every few years—like a dusting of it that's gone after a few hours—and when it does it looks magical.
This photo is from February 2023
However, we do get very occasional snow here every few years—like a dusting of it that's gone after a few hours—and when it does it looks magical.
This photo is from February 2023
November 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Enjoying the various snow pictures, but I prefer my desert livin' (forecast is for 77º here today).
However, we do get very occasional snow here every few years—like a dusting of it that's gone after a few hours—and when it does it looks magical.
This photo is from February 2023
However, we do get very occasional snow here every few years—like a dusting of it that's gone after a few hours—and when it does it looks magical.
This photo is from February 2023
2nd button from top on the right mutes sound
please refrain from sending me money for this protip, instead consider giving to a charity of your choice
please refrain from sending me money for this protip, instead consider giving to a charity of your choice
Little TV screens at the gas station pump blaring ads directly in your face as you spend $70 on a tank of gas is enough to radicalize a person
November 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
2nd button from top on the right mutes sound
please refrain from sending me money for this protip, instead consider giving to a charity of your choice
please refrain from sending me money for this protip, instead consider giving to a charity of your choice
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November 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM